MORE books to look out for in 2018:

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

Yes! Glory Edim, aka – Well-Read Black Girl, is working on an anthology that will feature black women writers like – Zinzi Clemons, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Marita Golden, and Tayari Jones as they highlight the first time they saw themselves represented in literature. To be published by Random House.

Learning to Breathe by Janice L. Mather

I first encountered Bahamian writer – Janice Lynn Mather’s writing in the 2014 anthology, Pepperpot: Best New Stories From The Caribbean. Her short story- ‘Mango Summer’ was such a poetic, gentle and innocent tale on sisterhood and loneliness; with the abundance of mangoes being a humorous distraction to the heartfelt tale.

I loved her writing in ‘Mango Summer’ and eagerly look forward to this debut! To be published by Simon & Schuster, June 2018.

She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore

Wayétu Moore is a writer of Liberian heritage and is the founder of One Moore Book, which is a children’s book publishing company that focuses on providing culturally sensitive and educational stories for children living in regions with low literacy rates and underrepresented cultures. Her debut – She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia’s early years through three characters who share an uncommon bond. I can’t wait for the book cover to be revealed soon!! To be published by Graywolf Press, September 2018.

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32 thoughts on “2018 NEW RELEASES TO ANTICIPATE!”

There are a lot of these that I’ve been eyeing already. It’s going to be a very rich year for writers of color. I just hope they get noticed even more this year than last. Happy New Year and Happy Reading too. 🙂 #readsoullit #readingblackout

So unfair, Darkowaa, so unfair! I protest! I nearly closed my laptop when I saw all those book covers and author photographs because I seriously need to set intentions for my own writing and blogging before I start salivating over these 2018 releases.

….If I didn’t love you and your blog so much I would seriously be shaking my fist!

Anyway, Thank you for curating wonderful content on African Book Addict! and elsewhere, for being an inspiration, and being a great friend to me in the blogging community in 2017. I wish you a most excellent 2018❣️

Hahaa! So many books so little time, Leslie! I need to set my reading intentions this year too. I think I’ll read less this year, due to school work load lol. Thanks for the kind words and also for being a great friend to me in the blogging community. Keep an eye out for some mail! 🙂

I’m going to have to agree with you on that. However I already pre-ordered a few of them last year. Yes I need to close my computer and hit my journal or the short story I’m working on. Thanks Darkowaa!!!

Well, I loved T.H.U.G by Angie Thomas so I’m intrigued to see how On the Come Up. I really want to read the whole Binti series, just been struggling to find it here (in South Africa), and I read the blurb of Hold by Michael Donkor, which I thought was beautiful. Also, The Poet X looks good.

Omg. Loveeeee! I am excited to read most of these books. Definitely looking to read more Caribbean books this year. I lived there for over 5 years and i barely read anything there. Thank you for this post!

Hey Tosin! I’m glad you enjoyed the list and you’ve added them to your growing TBR haha. Me too, I would like to read a lot more from that region. Ohh, which Island did you live on?? How was the experience there? I’m jealous, I sooo want to visit the Caribbean Islands in the near future. It’s a dream of mine!